Quote journal due
Essay Exam - The Red Badge of Courage
Tuesday
Revisionist History - "A Good Walk Ruined"
Wednesday
Workshop - Revisionist History Essay
Thursday - Friday
Of Mice and Men - Art of the film
Week of April 30th
Monday - Friday
Workshop The Red Badge of Courage
Quote journal due Monday, May 7th
Essay test on The Red Badge of Courage, Monday, May 7th
Week of April 23rd
Monday
Unit Seven Vocabulary due - review - test tomorrow
Tuesday
Unit Seven Vocabulary test
Wednesday - Friday
Workshop The Red Badge of Courage
Week of April 16th
Monday
Workshop Revisionist History Paper - Due Wednesday
Tuesday
Introduction to Unit Seven Vocabulary - Due Monday
Introduction to The Red Badge of Courage
Wednesday - Friday
Workshop The Red Badge of Courage
Week of April 9th
Monday - Tuesday
Finish class reading of A Midsummer Night's Dream
Wednesday - Thursday
Introduction to Unit Seven Vocabulary - Due on Wednesday of next week
Students will write a two page essay on A Midsummer Night's Dream - Due Monday
Friday
Reading Day
Week of April 2nd
Monday - Tuesday
No School - Easter Break
Wednesday - Friday
Continue class reading of A Midsummer Night's Dream
Week of March 26th
Monday - Tuesday
Continue class reading of A Midsummer Night's Dream
Wednesday
Reading Day
Thursday - Friday
No School - Easter Break
Week of March 19th
Monday
Unit Six Vocabulary Due
Introduce A Midsummer Night's Dream
Tuesday
Unit Six Vocabulary
Begin Class Reading of A Midsummer Night's Dream
Wednesday - Friday
Continue class reading of A Midsummer Night's Dream
Week of March 12th
Monday
Introduction to Unit Six Vocabulary
Tuesday - Friday
Peer Review - Novel Argument
Week of March 5th
Monday - Friday
Research and drafting of Novel Argument
Ten page draft due on Friday
Week of February 26th
Monday - Friday
Research and drafting of Novel Argument
First five page due on Friday
Week of February 19th
Monday - Friday
Research for Novel Argument
Six sources due on Wednesday
Introduction due on Thursday
First five pages due next Friday
Week of February 12th
Monday - Friday
Research for Novel Argument
Introduction
Review requirements
Review research
Review rubric and grade sheet
Review calendar
Week of February 5th
Monday - Wednesday
Workshop Short Story Science Fair Project
Thursday
Presentation - Short Story Science Fair Project
Friday
Reading Day
Week of January 29th
Monday
Reading Workshop/Reading Day
Tuesday
Discussion Circle - "Island of the Immortals"
Introduction to "The Open Boat"
Wednesday
Reading Workshop/Reading Day
Thursday
Discussion Circle - "The Open Boat"
Introduction to Short Story Science Fair Project
Friday
Short Story Science Fair Project Workshop
Week of January 22nd
Monday
Unit Five Vocabulary Due
Tuesday
Test on Unit Five Vocabulary
Students will read and MUTT "Stochastic Fancy"
Wednesday
Class Discussion - "Stochastic Fancy"
Symbol - "The Minister's Black Veil" - Due Friday
Thursday
Reading Workshop/Reading Day
Friday
Class Discussion - "The Minister's Black Veil"
Imagery and "The Island of the Immortals" - Due Tuesday
Week of January 15th
Monday
No School - Teacher InService
Tuesday
Introduction to Unit Five Vocabulary - Due next Monday
Wednesday - Thursday
"The Fall of the House of Usher" - Imagery and Mood
Friday
Reading Day
Week of January 8th
Monday
Introduction to Unit Five Vocabulary - Due next Tuesday - January 16th
Tuesday - Wednesday
Students will listen to and read "The Ghost of Tom Joad" by Bruce Springsteen and Rage Against the Machine and "The Ballad of Tom Joad" by Guthrie. Students will MUTT as they read.
Students will have a circle discussion on Wednesday of the two texts.
Thursday - Friday
Revisionist History - Episode 7 - Hallelujah
Students will use Friday to write their essay - due Tuesday.
Week of January 1st
Monday
No School - Winter Break
Tuesday - Wednesday
Essay on Grapes of Wrath - due by the end of the period on Wednesday.
Thursday
Midterm Part I - Nonfiction - Revisionist History essay
Friday
Midterm Part II - Fiction - Frankenstein and Grapes of Wrath essay
Week of December 18th
Monday
Chapter 22 handout review
Finish the book for Thursday - Summary Handout Due on Thursday
Reading Workshop
Tuesday - Wednesday
Reading Workshop
Thursday
Chapters 23 - 30 review - Summary Handout Due
Friday
Early Dismissal Week of December 11th
Monday
Circle Discussion - Chapters 16 - 19
Tuesday
Chapter 19 handout
Chapters 20 - 22 due on Friday
Wednesday
Chapter 19 handout review
Reading Workshop
Thursday
Reading Workshop
Friday
Circle Discussion - Chapters 20 - 22
Chapter 22 handout
Week of December 4th
Monday
Circle Discussion of chapters 10 - 13
Read chapters 14 and 15 and complete handout
Tuesday
Workshop chapters 14 and 15 and handout - due tomorrow
Chapters 16 - 19 - Due on Monday
Wednesday
Discussion of chapters 14 and 15 and handout
Reading Workshop
Review chapter one and handouts
Chapters 2 - 8 due on Tuesday after break
Tuesday
Reading Workshop
Wednesday
Period 1 - Reading Workshop
Periods 6-7 - Thanksgiving break
Thursday - Friday
Thanksgiving Break
Week of November 13th
Monday
Review "Ulysses"
Assign poetry prompt - due on Friday
Tuesday - Wednesday
Students will have two days to write a two page essay responding to an essay prompt about analyzing poetry. The paper is due on Thursday in class.
Thursday
Introduction to The Grapes of Wrath Readings: About the Book, About the Author, Historical Context Read Chapters one and handouts - Due on Monday
Friday
Poetry Prompt due Poetry Recital Presentations due Workshop The Grapes of Wrath
Week of November 6th
Monday
Revisionist History Episode Three paper due
Poetry of Carl Sandburg Due
Vocabulary - Unit Four Due
Tuesday
Unit Four Vocabulary Test
Wednesday
Review poetry of Carl Sandburg
Mood - "Ulysses" - due on Monday
Thursday
Reading Day
Friday
No School - Parent/Teacher Conferences
Week of October 30th
Monday
Students will share ballads with the class.
Using allusion in poetry - "Out, Out." - work due on Wednesday
Tuesday
Introduction to Unit four vocabulary - due next Monday
Wednesday
Review "Out, Out" and allusion in poetry.
Tone and Diction - "Chicago" and "grass" - due Monday.
Thursday
Revisionist History - Episode Three
Friday
Revisionist History workshop day
Students need to have poems chosen for presentation today.
Week of October 23rd
Monday
Class review and discussion of The Sonnet. Introduction to Irony and "War is Kind."
Tuesday
Class review of "War is Kind." Introduction to Narrative Poetry and "Richard Cory"
Wednesday
Review "Richard Cory" and Narrative Poetry Discuss Ballad and "The Ballad of Birmingham"
Assign Ballad - Due Monday
Thursday
Review Unit Three Words
Friday
Test on Unit Three Words
Week of October 16th
Monday
Review questions - The Speaker and the Poetry of Langston Hughes
Respond to question 4 - After reading and graphic organizers.
Review as a large group.
Tuesday
Students will identify characteristics of their favorite musical genre and write a poem that reflects that genre, as Hughes did in "The Weary Blues." Students will present these poems to the class on Wednesday - the poem should be at least twenty lines long.
Wednesday
Presentation of musical poetry.
Introduction - The Sonnet Students will read "My City" by James Weldon Johnson and "If We Must Die" by Claude McKay - question responses due on Friday.
Thursday
Introduction to Unit Three Words - Due next Thursday
Friday
Review questions for sonnets
Class discussion - "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day."
Week of October 9th
Monday
No School - Teacher In Service
Tuesday
Revisionist History - Episode Two paper due The Speaker, Rhythm and Rhyme - Poetry of Langston Hughes - "Harlem," "I, Too," and "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"
Wednesday
Unit Two Vocabulary Due - Review
Thursday
Unit Two Vocabulary Test
Friday
Reading Day
Week of October 2nd
Monday
Discussion of chapters twenty-two, twenty-three and twenty-four and the book as a whole Review Frankenstein essay
Tuesday
Workshop Frankenstein essay - due Thursday
Wednesday
Introduction to Unit Two Words
Thursday
Frankenstein essay due Nonfiction Project - Revisionist History - Episode Two
Friday
Workshop RevisionistHistory paper - Due Monday
Week of September 25th
Monday
Reading Workshop - Frankenstein
Tuesday
Discussion of chapters fifteen, sixteen and seventeen. Chapters eighteen, nineteen and twenty due on Thursday.
Wednesday
Reading Workshop - Frankenstein.
Thursday
Discussion of chapters eighteen, nineteen and twenty. Finish the book for Monday
Friday
Reading Workshop - Frankenstein.
Week of September 18th
Monday
Discussion of chapters seven, eight and nine. Chapters ten and eleven due on Wednesday
Tuesday
Reading Workshop - Frankenstein
Wednesday
Discussion of chapters ten and eleven. Chapters twelve, thirteen and fourteen due on Friday.
Thursday
Reading Workshop - Frankenstein
Friday
Discussion of chapters twelve, thirteen and fourteen. Chapters fifteen, sixteen and seventeen due on Tuesday.
Week of September 11th
Monday
Reading Workshop - Frankenstein
Tuesday
Discussion of chapters one - four. Chapters four - six due on Thursday.
Wednesday
Reading Workshop - Frankenstein
Thursday
Discussion of chapters four - six Chapters seven and eight due on Monday.
Friday
Reading Workshop - Frankenstein.
Week of September 4
Monday
No School - Labor Day
Tuesday
Read the introduction, author's note and preface of Frankenstein. Journal writing about important things they have learned. Discuss. Letters and Double Entry Journal due on Friday.
Wednesday
Review vocabulary Unit One.
Thursday
Vocabulary test on unit one.
Friday
Discussion of Letters. Chapters one, two, and three due on Tuesday.
Week of August 28th
Monday
Revisionist History Episode One paper due
Introduction to Reading Circles
Review "The Idea of Order at Key West."
Prompt: To develop the extended metaphor of artist-poet, Stevens chose to use the figure of a singer at the sea shore. Did Stevens make a good choice? Why or why not? What are some other directions Stevens could have gone? Try coupling some other figures with other locations and see if they could work as extended metaphors for the artist. (Football player in a china shop? Sheep at a wool factory?)
Discussion Circle - "The Idea of Order at Key West"
Tuesday
Read "Battleground" and Responding to a text
Wednesday
Discussion Circle - "Battleground"
Thursday
Unit One Vocabulary - Due next Thursday
Friday
Reading Day
Week of August 21st
Monday
No School - In Service Day
Tuesday
Welcome Back! Journal - What is literature and why do we study it? Review Syllabus Appropriate Use of Personal Devices Remind AR Requirements - Sign Up - Ten Page Research Paper Vocabulary - Nonfiction - Group Share - Journal - Poem Memorization Assignment
Wednesday
Journal The Four Coordinates of Art Reading of "The Idea of Order at Key West" by Wallace Stevens Small Group Review - Identify imagery in the poem - identify the four coordinates of art Large Group Share Nonfiction Introduction
Thursday
Episode One - Revisionist History - Paper due on Monday - notes and two page paper
Monday - Tuesday
Of Mice and Men - Art of the Film
Wednesday - Thursday
Final Essays - Nonfiction and Fiction
Friday
Fun Day
Week of May 7th
Monday
Quote journal due
Essay Exam - The Red Badge of Courage
Tuesday
Revisionist History - "A Good Walk Ruined"
Wednesday
Workshop - Revisionist History Essay
Thursday - Friday
Of Mice and Men - Art of the film
Week of April 30th
Monday - Friday
Workshop The Red Badge of Courage
Quote journal due Monday, May 7th
Essay test on The Red Badge of Courage, Monday, May 7th
Week of April 23rd
Monday
Unit Seven Vocabulary due - review - test tomorrow
Tuesday
Unit Seven Vocabulary test
Wednesday - Friday
Workshop The Red Badge of Courage
Week of April 16th
Monday
Workshop Revisionist History Paper - Due Wednesday
Tuesday
Introduction to Unit Seven Vocabulary - Due Monday
Introduction to The Red Badge of Courage
Wednesday - Friday
Workshop The Red Badge of Courage
Week of April 9th
Monday - Tuesday
Finish class reading of A Midsummer Night's Dream
Wednesday - Thursday
Introduction to Unit Seven Vocabulary - Due on Wednesday of next week
Students will write a two page essay on A Midsummer Night's Dream - Due Monday
Friday
Reading Day
Week of April 2nd
Monday - Tuesday
No School - Easter Break
Wednesday - Friday
Continue class reading of A Midsummer Night's Dream
Week of March 26th
Monday - Tuesday
Continue class reading of A Midsummer Night's Dream
Wednesday
Reading Day
Thursday - Friday
No School - Easter Break
Week of March 19th
Monday
Unit Six Vocabulary Due
Introduce A Midsummer Night's Dream
Tuesday
Unit Six Vocabulary
Begin Class Reading of A Midsummer Night's Dream
Wednesday - Friday
Continue class reading of A Midsummer Night's Dream
Week of March 12th
Monday
Introduction to Unit Six Vocabulary
Tuesday - Friday
Peer Review - Novel Argument
Week of March 5th
Monday - Friday
Research and drafting of Novel Argument
Ten page draft due on Friday
Week of February 26th
Monday - Friday
Research and drafting of Novel Argument
First five page due on Friday
Week of February 19th
Monday - Friday
Research for Novel Argument
Six sources due on Wednesday
Introduction due on Thursday
First five pages due next Friday
Week of February 12th
Monday - Friday
Research for Novel Argument
Introduction
Review requirements
Review research
Review rubric and grade sheet
Review calendar
Week of February 5th
Monday - Wednesday
Workshop Short Story Science Fair Project
Thursday
Presentation - Short Story Science Fair Project
Friday
Reading Day
Week of January 29th
Monday
Reading Workshop/Reading Day
Tuesday
Discussion Circle - "Island of the Immortals"
Introduction to "The Open Boat"
Wednesday
Reading Workshop/Reading Day
Thursday
Discussion Circle - "The Open Boat"
Introduction to Short Story Science Fair Project
Friday
Short Story Science Fair Project Workshop
Week of January 22nd
Monday
Unit Five Vocabulary Due
Tuesday
Test on Unit Five Vocabulary
Students will read and MUTT "Stochastic Fancy"
Wednesday
Class Discussion - "Stochastic Fancy"
Symbol - "The Minister's Black Veil" - Due Friday
Thursday
Reading Workshop/Reading Day
Friday
Class Discussion - "The Minister's Black Veil"
Imagery and "The Island of the Immortals" - Due Tuesday
Week of January 15th
Monday
No School - Teacher InService
Tuesday
Introduction to Unit Five Vocabulary - Due next Monday
Wednesday - Thursday
"The Fall of the House of Usher" - Imagery and Mood
Friday
Reading Day
Week of January 8th
Monday
Introduction to Unit Five Vocabulary - Due next Tuesday - January 16th
Tuesday - Wednesday
Students will listen to and read "The Ghost of Tom Joad" by Bruce Springsteen and Rage Against the Machine and "The Ballad of Tom Joad" by Guthrie. Students will MUTT as they read.
Students will have a circle discussion on Wednesday of the two texts.
Thursday - Friday
Revisionist History - Episode 7 - Hallelujah
Students will use Friday to write their essay - due Tuesday.
Week of January 1st
Monday
No School - Winter Break
Tuesday - Wednesday
Essay on Grapes of Wrath - due by the end of the period on Wednesday.
Thursday
Midterm Part I - Nonfiction - Revisionist History essay
Friday
Midterm Part II - Fiction - Frankenstein and Grapes of Wrath essay
Week of December 18th
Monday
Chapter 22 handout review
Finish the book for Thursday - Summary Handout Due on Thursday
Reading Workshop
Tuesday - Wednesday
Reading Workshop
Thursday
Chapters 23 - 30 review - Summary Handout Due
Friday
Early Dismissal
Week of December 11th
Monday
Circle Discussion - Chapters 16 - 19
Tuesday
Chapter 19 handout
Chapters 20 - 22 due on Friday
Wednesday
Chapter 19 handout review
Reading Workshop
Thursday
Reading Workshop
Friday
Circle Discussion - Chapters 20 - 22
Chapter 22 handout
Week of December 4th
Monday
Circle Discussion of chapters 10 - 13
Read chapters 14 and 15 and complete handout
Tuesday
Workshop chapters 14 and 15 and handout - due tomorrow
Chapters 16 - 19 - Due on Monday
Wednesday
Discussion of chapters 14 and 15 and handout
Reading Workshop
Thursday - Friday
Reading Workshop
Week of November 27th
Monday
No School - Thanksgiving Break
Tuesday
Review chapters 2 - 8
Read chapter 9 and complete handout
Wednesday
Review chapter 9 handout
Read chapter 10 - 13 - due Monday
Thursday - Friday
Reading Workshop
Week of November 20th
Monday
Review chapter one and handouts
Chapters 2 - 8 due on Tuesday after break
Tuesday
Reading Workshop
Wednesday
Period 1 - Reading Workshop
Periods 6-7 - Thanksgiving break
Thursday - Friday
Thanksgiving Break
Week of November 13th
Monday
Review "Ulysses"
Assign poetry prompt - due on Friday
Tuesday - Wednesday
Students will have two days to write a two page essay responding to an essay prompt about analyzing poetry. The paper is due on Thursday in class.
Thursday
Introduction to The Grapes of Wrath
Readings: About the Book, About the Author, Historical Context
Read Chapters one and handouts - Due on Monday
Friday
Poetry Prompt due
Poetry Recital Presentations due
Workshop The Grapes of Wrath
Week of November 6th
Monday
Revisionist History Episode Three paper due
Poetry of Carl Sandburg Due
Vocabulary - Unit Four Due
Tuesday
Unit Four Vocabulary Test
Wednesday
Review poetry of Carl Sandburg
Mood - "Ulysses" - due on Monday
Thursday
Reading Day
Friday
No School - Parent/Teacher Conferences
Week of October 30th
Monday
Students will share ballads with the class.
Using allusion in poetry - "Out, Out." - work due on Wednesday
Tuesday
Introduction to Unit four vocabulary - due next Monday
Wednesday
Review "Out, Out" and allusion in poetry.
Tone and Diction - "Chicago" and "grass" - due Monday.
Thursday
Revisionist History - Episode Three
Friday
Revisionist History workshop day
Students need to have poems chosen for presentation today.
Week of October 23rd
Monday
Class review and discussion of The Sonnet.
Introduction to Irony and "War is Kind."
Tuesday
Class review of "War is Kind."
Introduction to Narrative Poetry and "Richard Cory"
Wednesday
Review "Richard Cory" and Narrative Poetry
Discuss Ballad and "The Ballad of Birmingham"
Assign Ballad - Due Monday
Thursday
Review Unit Three Words
Friday
Test on Unit Three Words
Week of October 16th
Monday
Review questions - The Speaker and the Poetry of Langston Hughes
Respond to question 4 - After reading and graphic organizers.
Review as a large group.
Tuesday
Students will identify characteristics of their favorite musical genre and write a poem that reflects that genre, as Hughes did in "The Weary Blues." Students will present these poems to the class on Wednesday - the poem should be at least twenty lines long.
Wednesday
Presentation of musical poetry.
Introduction - The Sonnet
Students will read "My City" by James Weldon Johnson and "If We Must Die" by Claude McKay - question responses due on Friday.
Thursday
Introduction to Unit Three Words - Due next Thursday
Friday
Review questions for sonnets
Class discussion - "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day."
Week of October 9th
Monday
No School - Teacher In Service
Tuesday
Revisionist History - Episode Two paper due
The Speaker, Rhythm and Rhyme - Poetry of Langston Hughes - "Harlem," "I, Too," and "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"
Wednesday
Unit Two Vocabulary Due - Review
Thursday
Unit Two Vocabulary Test
Friday
Reading Day
Week of October 2nd
Monday
Discussion of chapters twenty-two, twenty-three and twenty-four and the book as a whole
Review Frankenstein essay
Tuesday
Workshop Frankenstein essay - due Thursday
Wednesday
Introduction to Unit Two Words
Thursday
Frankenstein essay due
Nonfiction Project - Revisionist History - Episode Two
Friday
Workshop Revisionist History paper - Due Monday
Week of September 25th
Monday
Reading Workshop - Frankenstein
Tuesday
Discussion of chapters fifteen, sixteen and seventeen.
Chapters eighteen, nineteen and twenty due on Thursday.
Wednesday
Reading Workshop - Frankenstein.
Thursday
Discussion of chapters eighteen, nineteen and twenty.
Finish the book for Monday
Friday
Reading Workshop - Frankenstein.
Week of September 18th
Monday
Discussion of chapters seven, eight and nine.
Chapters ten and eleven due on Wednesday
Tuesday
Reading Workshop - Frankenstein
Wednesday
Discussion of chapters ten and eleven.
Chapters twelve, thirteen and fourteen due on Friday.
Thursday
Reading Workshop - Frankenstein
Friday
Discussion of chapters twelve, thirteen and fourteen.
Chapters fifteen, sixteen and seventeen due on Tuesday.
Week of September 11th
Monday
Reading Workshop - Frankenstein
Tuesday
Discussion of chapters one - four.
Chapters four - six due on Thursday.
Wednesday
Reading Workshop - Frankenstein
Thursday
Discussion of chapters four - six
Chapters seven and eight due on Monday.
Friday
Reading Workshop - Frankenstein.
Week of September 4
Monday
No School - Labor Day
Tuesday
Read the introduction, author's note and preface of Frankenstein. Journal writing about important things they have learned. Discuss.
Letters and Double Entry Journal due on Friday.
Wednesday
Review vocabulary Unit One.
Thursday
Vocabulary test on unit one.
Friday
Discussion of Letters.
Chapters one, two, and three due on Tuesday.
Week of August 28th
Monday
Revisionist History Episode One paper due
Introduction to Reading Circles
Review "The Idea of Order at Key West."
Prompt: To develop the extended metaphor of artist-poet, Stevens chose to use the figure of a singer at the sea shore. Did Stevens make a good choice? Why or why not? What are some other directions Stevens could have gone? Try coupling some other figures with other locations and see if they could work as extended metaphors for the artist. (Football player in a china shop? Sheep at a wool factory?)
Discussion Circle - "The Idea of Order at Key West"
Tuesday
Read "Battleground" and Responding to a text
Wednesday
Discussion Circle - "Battleground"
Thursday
Unit One Vocabulary - Due next Thursday
Friday
Reading Day
Week of August 21st
Monday
No School - In Service Day
Tuesday
Welcome Back!
Journal - What is literature and why do we study it?
Review Syllabus
Appropriate Use of Personal Devices
Remind
AR Requirements - Sign Up - Ten Page Research Paper
Vocabulary - Nonfiction - Group Share - Journal - Poem Memorization Assignment
Wednesday
Journal
The Four Coordinates of Art
Reading of "The Idea of Order at Key West" by Wallace Stevens
Small Group Review - Identify imagery in the poem - identify the four coordinates of art
Large Group Share
Nonfiction Introduction
Thursday
Episode One - Revisionist History - Paper due on Monday - notes and two page paper
Friday
AR Book approval
Book Talk
Independent Reading